The mind

When longing is suffering, what does the longing for understanding mean to us?

For some people loning for understanding is intense suffering.
They study texts and life so very hard, that they become painfully focussed and forget to live in the here and now.

There's a difference between understanding with the heart and understanding with the brains.

Understanding with the heart is far more accepting than understanding with the brain.
The brain feeds the ego, and we can do without the ego.

Some people become very critical in their search for understanding.
They find fault with almost everything and thus sink in a negative attitude towards the world.
It's like wirtten texts can't be read with compassion.

But they can.

Sure they caN...